This is an analysis of the poem Jesus, Thou Divine Companion that begins with:

Jesus, Thou divine Companion,
By Thy lowly human birth... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbXbbcdc ecXcdfaf XgXgAheh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101010 1110101 11101010 1010001 101000100 1011101 11101110 1111100 11101010 1011111 11101010 1010001 10111010 1000101 10101010 0010001 100111010 1011101 100101110 1010101 10101010 1110111 1011010 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy is repeated.

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